GERMAN POLITICAL SCANDALS

This is a list of major 'political scandals in Germany':

★ Spiegel scandal ("Spiegelaffäre", 1962)

★ "Radikalenerlass" or Berufsverbot (1970s)

★ Rudel Scandal (1976)

★ CDU secret party donations scandal ("Parteispendenaffäre"), twice:

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★ 1982 "Flick Affair"

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★ 1999 CDU contributions scandal ("Schwarzgeldaffäre")

★ General Günter Kießling's supposed closet homosexuality (1984)

★ Waterkantgate, scandal around Uwe Barschel, carrying on past his mysterious death (late 1980s / early 1990s)

★ Amigo affair (Amigo-Affäre), bribe-scandal forcing the Bavarian prime minister Max Streibl to resign in 1993.

★ Treuhand (mid-1990s)

★ Berlin banking scandal (late 1990s)